Vijay Kumar Uppara

About Vijay Kumar Uppara

A technology leader with over two decades of experience in engineering leadership and global delivery management, currently serving as Director of Engineering and Delivery at Verisk. At Verisk, leads end-to-end software engineering and delivery efforts for the Verisk Claims India division, collaborating with the Chief Technology Officer across key areas such as property estimating solutions, anti-fraud systems, DevOps, API strategy, and data science initiatives. Skilled in engineering leadership, technology strategy, and digital transformation, with a strong focus on product development and innovation. Committed to building high-performance global teams and delivering data-driven solutions that align with business objectives, fostering operational excellence through collaboration and strategic vision.

Experience

1. Director Engineering and Delivery - Verisk Claims India

   Verisk

   Apr 2024 — Present · Hyderabad, IN

   Verisk provides expert data-driven analytic insights that help business, people, and societies become stronger, more resilient, and sustainable.At Verisk, Vijay Kumar Uppara is the India Lead for Verisk Claims division and reports to Chief Tech Officer. Responsible for end to end Software Engineering and Delivery out of India location.Products: Property Estimating Solutions, Xactimate,Xactimate Desktop (X1)Anti-fraud, Casualty Solutions,DevOps,API Strategy,Guidewire Development, Central Tech (Shared Services team that includes Service Delivery, DevOps, Building Smartservices API\'s, Data Migration) and Data Science and MLOPS andNon-Tech roles (Accounts Receivable Associates, Finance roles)Tech Stack.Net.Net Core, C#, Java Script, AWS, WPF, Selenium, Java, Python, Playwright, Typescript.A highly effective and people-centric Director of Engineering and Delivery with a passion for building and empowering world-class engineering teams. At Verisk Hyderabad, I lead a large and critical engineering organization, reporting directly to the CTO, with a strong focus on delivering high-quality, scalable solutions. I am adept at fostering a collaborative and results-driven culture, mentoring engineering leaders, and optimizing development processes. My experience in agile delivery, Cloud engineering, DevOps practices, platform modernization and building strong engineering culture has been key to our team\'s success.Agile & SAFe Delivery | AI/ML Strategy & Platform Modernization| Data-Driven Decisioning & Engineering Metrics | GCC / Global Capability Center Leadership| Organizational Transformation & People Development.

Education

• Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

  Project Management

• Osmania University

  B.E, Computer Science and Engineering

  1997 — 2000

• National Institute of Business Management (NIBM) Global

  MBA, Operations Management (specialization)

  2008 — 2009

Skills

• Automation
• Jira
• Agile Methodologies
• Unicenter Tng
• Pmp
• Software Quality Assurance
• Oracle
• Cloud Computing
• Regression Testing
• Sql
• Quality Center
• Agile Project Management
• Product Management
• Java
• Quality Assurance
• Test Management
• Testing
• Agile Testing
• Test Automation
• Scrum
• Test Planning
• Ca Unicenter Nsm
• Xml
• Enterprise Software
• Enterprise Architecture
• Atlassian Jira
• Problem Solving
• Software Engineering
• Test Strategy
• Software Project Management
• Selenium
• Itil
• Databases
• Qtp